[
UK
/ɡɹˈændnəs/
]
NOUN
- unusual largeness in size or extent or number
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the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel -
splendid or imposing in size or appearance
impressed by the richness of the flora
the grandness of the architecture -
a prominent status
a person of importance
How To Use grandness In A Sentence
- The building's modernist beauty and grandness is a reflection of the adoration that Miró is held in by Barcelona. New Europe: Juan Miró, a titan of art whose presence is still felt
- And the grandness of D ownton Abbey is extreme, even by the standards of "Masterpiece Theatre" opulence — it is lushness unlimited, inside and out. Pride and Privilege
- I keep thinking of the grandness of the farm, the distance I could see, endless ground covered in a white shawl of snow. Deadly
- We now take a more cynical, or at least a more bemused, view of such analogistic reveries, for we recognize that the cosmos, in all its grandness, does not exist for us or as a mirror of our centrality in the scheme of universal things.
- That grandness is achieved with two schemes: anastrophe (inversion of normal word order) and antithesis (juxtaposition of contrasting ideas).
- Venture off the beaten track, though, and you'll find some interesting attractions that might lack the grandness of the big chateaux, but have a real character all their own.
- The neatest thing is how the grandness of the universe and the minuteness of the proton look vaguely similar. An Interactive Illustration of the Size of Atoms » E-Mail
- the grandness of the architecture
- But then again, maybe grandness is not a matter of size?
- The chandeliers, the pianist playing Cole Porter numbers, and just the grandness of the room all add to the feeling that somehow you have been transported into a bygone age.
